Tag Archives: Africa

New Year’s Traditions Around the World

Posted on December 31, 2024 by mitchteemley

New Year’s traditions vary wildly from culture to culture, although most include “the three F’s,” food, fun and fireworks, plus time-honored (if not exactly proven) ways to assure good luck in the coming year. Whatever your traditions, may your 2025 … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Love

Posted on August 3, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Andrae Ricketts My Featured Blogger this week is Ngina of the blog site Euonia: Stay and Shine. I know nothing about Ngina, whose motto is “Blossom. Re-blossom. Keep doing it,” except that she’s African (but I don’t know … Continue reading →

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In the name of puberty!

Posted on February 23, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is “the weird girl” (that’s what she goes by) of The Sassy Weirdo. I know very little about “twg,” except that she grew up in a village in Africa (I think), is young, imminently relatable, … Continue reading →

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Noisy Neighbours

Posted on September 15, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Michael Sammut of The Adventures of… Presumably the implied conclusion to his elliptical blog site title is his name. Because, boy, does Michael have adventures! He is, in fact, a world-travelling adventurer, photographer, and … Continue reading →

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While in Exile, Prosper!

Posted on December 2, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Kenyan writer, thinker, and humanist Mulyale Mutisya. I’ve been following Mulyale for some time, and have come to love her eloquence, her heart, and her unbending commitment to all who are oppressed. Her faith-based … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Plea

Posted on October 21, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is an African writer whose blog site is entitled Copious Morsels of Everything, but whose name I don’t know. Her birthplace appears to be Zimbabwe (she refers to it in at least one poem). So … Continue reading →

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